Stars have layers like onions, according to theory. The layers are made of different elements, progressing from light to ...

Astronomers don’t often get to witness a gigantic star getting undressed. But that is exactly what they witnessed with SN2021yfj, a 2.2-billion-light-year-away stellar explosion whose naked look has ...

Astronomers have glimpsed the inner structure of a dying star in a rare kind of cosmic explosion called an "extremely stripped supernova." ...

Scientists have seen the insides of a dying star as it exploded, offering a rare glimpse into stellar evolution and what happens during a supernova ...